Country size comparison

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Iran is about 1.6 times bigger than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 65% larger than Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people (21.0 million fewer people live in Iran).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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